On Wednesday June 1st, 15,000 citizens of the Lower Townsite, Anzac, Fort McMurray First Nation and Gregoire Lake Estates area were finally allowed to make their way home. It is expected that approximately 80,000 residents will return to the northern Alberta community by the end of this week.

They had to leave it all, with next to no knowledge of the crisis. There was a possibility of their home, their prized possessions and heirlooms being torn down by flames. They had to flee from it because the fire was too strong and of course too unpredictable. But as the people return home today, and for the next while, we will be sitting here on our laptops or smart phones protected by the comfort of our standing homes reading this information about the devastation of Fort McMurray.

In May, I hosted a garage sale at my house and all funds are going towards Fort McMurray. A little girl around the age of 4 and her grandmother came to my garage sale. This girl was from Fort McMurray. Her house burnt down. Her grandparents travelled to Fort McMurray to get her and bring her to Duncan, where she is living now. She was one of the cutest, most cheerful and innocent little girls I have ever met.

I want to take this post and say THANK YOU to all of the lovely ladies I am competing with in Nationals who are raising money to help out Fort McMurray!!! And thank you to everybody locally who is doing the same!!! #itdoesntstophere

Hi! I'm Mckenna, Miss Teenage Vancouver Island 2015!

Mckenna instinctively knows that there's a bigger purpose in life and that it's within us to find our individual strengths and use our talents to make a greater contribution. Mckenna has a desire to set an example of leadership and make positive change in the world. Passionate about education, she currently attends Brentwood College School and is accredited with having achieved and maintained the top percentile in her classes. Athletically, she is recognized as a high performance rugby athlete and has successfully represented her sport provincially, nationally and internationally. Mckenna has an active role as a member of Student Activities Council and Service Peer Assistance Resource Counselling; she consistently participates in service and leadership roles related to youth, health and sport. She loves making the ordinary extraordinary.